Universal’s “Wolf Man” returns.

The new movie, producd by Jason Blum and his Blumhouse Productions shingle, arrives in theaters on January 17, 2025. But a brand-new teaser, perfectly timed for spooky season, shines a light on what to expect from the latest iteration of the story that first arrived in 1941. Watch the trailer below.

More of a teaser than anything else, this new “Wolf Man” stars Christopher Abbott as Lawrence “Larry” Talbot, the character played by Lon Chaney Jr. in the original film and most recently potrayed by Benicio del Toro in 2010’s “The Wolfman.” In this iteration, he’s a young husband and father who is attempting to protect his family from a nocturnal creature. Julia Garner (“Ozark”), who also appears in a “Rosemary’s Baby” prequel for Paramount+ this fall, is his wife.

“Wolf Man” comes to us courtesy of Leigh Whannell, who directed and co-wrote the screenplay. Whannell last...